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German music has had it impacts in the United States. Nena introduced her song \u201c99 Luftballons\u201d to the US market and made it all the way to No.1 in the United States. The song was played in German even though an English version existed. Nena was part of the \u201cNeue deutsche Welle\u201d (new German wave) that was used as an expression for the success of numerous German bands in Europe. These included the Spider Murphy Gang, Hubert Kah, and Peter Schilling, who also had a very successful hit single in the US with \u201cMajor Tom\u201d. Other German speaking singers like Falco are also still remembered. The question now is, why did these songs have success even though the majority of the population was not able to understand the lyrics. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, the same is true in Germany, where mostly songs with English lyrics can be found in the charts and English is also used by German bands and singes in their songs. After many years without any German songs in the US charts the so far most successful German band introduced itself to the market and made use of the German stereotype by using mystic and provoking images in their videos and their choreography. Typical and recognizable German words like \u201cAutobahn\u201dor Fahrvergn\u00fcgen\u201dare used in the songs which seems to hit the taste of the American population. I would like to ask our readers what their favorite German related songs are that made an appearance in the US. Let\u2019s hear it!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" German music has had it impacts in the United States. Nena introduced her song \u201c99 Luftballons\u201d to the US market and made it all the way to No.1 in the United States. The song was played in German even though an English version existed. Nena was part of the \u201cNeue deutsche Welle\u201d (new German wave)…<\/p>\n